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[Gnuplot-info] drawing data over an sphere (r is not constant)

[Juan A. A. C. <aet...@gu...>]

Hi everybody,

I'd like to know how I can draw data over an sphere with different r
(spherical coordinates) values for each point.

That is, in 2D I have this image
http://ft2dc.uvigo.es/juan/gnuplot-trop.png

different values of Z for each longitude-latitude point which I can draw
using pm3d or points palette.

I would like to draw the earth (an sphere) and then to draw the data
over the sphere having as r=0 the surface of the sphere or the center.

In the figure linked abow I draw the earth orography from a file using
my own color palette. I would like to know if there is a better way of
displaying the "Earth" with gnuplot. I have thought about drawing the
surface over the sphere with, and then instead of drawing the orography
to use PovRay to apply a texture over the sphere.

Any suggestion is wellcomed. Thank you very much.
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Re: [Gnuplot-info] drawing data over an sphere (r is not constant)

[Thomas S. <t.s...@fz...>]

you could use 'set mapping spherical'

have a look at
http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/node199.html


aetherlux wrote:
> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I'd like to know how I can draw data over an sphere with different r
> (spherical coordinates) values for each point.
> 
> That is, in 2D I have this image
> http://ft2dc.uvigo.es/juan/gnuplot-trop.png
> 
> different values of Z for each longitude-latitude point which I can draw
> using pm3d or points palette.
> 
> I would like to draw the earth (an sphere) and then to draw the data
> over the sphere having as r=0 the surface of the sphere or the center.
> 
> In the figure linked abow I draw the earth orography from a file using
> my own color palette. I would like to know if there is a better way of
> displaying the "Earth" with gnuplot. I have thought about drawing the
> surface over the sphere with, and then instead of drawing the orography
> to use PovRay to apply a texture over the sphere.
> 
> Any suggestion is wellcomed. Thank you very much.
> -- 
> Juan Antonio Añel
> 
> http://juan.gulo.org
> 
> Grupo de Usuarios de Linux de Ourense (GULO)
> 
> http://www.gulo.org
> 
> "El sentido común es la cosa mejor repartida del mundo,
> pues cada cual piensa que posee tan buena provisión de él,
> que aún los más descontentadizos repecto a cualquier otra
> cosa no suelen apetecer más del que ya tienen"
> 
> "Commmon sense is the best distributed thing in the world,
> for everyone thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even
> those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not
> in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have"
> 
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